There will be WBA Fedelatin and Fedebol title activity during the month of June in different boxing shows in the region. This Friday, June 5, 2015 features the first WBA Fedelatin title fight of the month. The Dominican Republic will be hosting its local fighter Andy Pérez (19-2, 18 KO) …
Read More »WBA Orders Ioka vs. Reveco Flyweight Title Rematch
After evaluating the request made by the former champion Juan Carlos Reveco and his team, the WBA championships committee ordered the rematch of the fight with Japan’s Kazuto Ioka. The pair originally clashed on April 22 in Japan. The bout ended favorable to the Asian 114-114, 113-116, 113-115 on the …
Read More »Royal Mess: WBA Deals With Their Multiple Champions Policy
The World Boxing Association Championships Committee made official several announcements related to the 168-pound division, regarding its super champion Andre Ward, its regular champion, Carl Foch and the interim champion of the division Fedor Chudinov, Ward (27-0, 14 KO) received the approval of special permit for a non-title fight with …
Read More »World Boxing Association Update: Uchiyama, Chudinov, Sturm, Taguchi
WBA 130 lb super champion Japanese Takashi Uchiyama, retained his title with an impressive KO 2 to Thai Jomthong Chuwatana, in Tokyo, Japan. Uchiyama (23-0-1, 19 KO) defended for the tenth time the title he won in 2010 when he defeated Carlos Salgado by KO. The champion was always superior …
Read More »WBA Mourns Passing Of Former Champion Andrew Lewis
On Monday 4, 2015, former WBA welterweight champion Andrew “Six Head” Lewis died in a tragic accident. Lewis was the first world champion from Guyana, winning the title on 17 February 2001, against James Page. He then made his first defense against Ricardo Mayorga, the bout ending after a head-butt …
Read More »WBA Update: Oka Dethrones Reveco, Griffin To Ref Klitschko Fight
With a majority decision. Japan’s Kazuto Ioka won his third championship, defeating Argentina’s Juan Carlos Reveco, who defended for the ninth time his World Boxing Association flyweight title on Wednesday. Both fighters engaged in an interesting exchange all through the fight, with the alternated control of the actions at all …
Read More »Derry Matthews, Tony Luis Make Weight For WBA Interim Bout
Both contenders for the World Boxing Association vacant Lightweight interim title, Britian’s Derry Mathews and Canada’s Tony Luis, passed the weigh-in ceremony without problems in Liverpool, England. Mathews, the fourth rated contender, and and Luis, number nine, weighed 134 lb. They are only waiting for the opening bell of the …
Read More »Lebedev, Kalenga Go Face To Face At Moscow Press Conference
Dennis Lebedev and Youris Kalenga were face to face at Monday’s press conference in Moscow, for their WBA mandatory fight to determine the cruiserweight champion. Both fighters, Lebedev (26-2, 20 KO’s) and Kalenga (21-1, 14 KO’s), made clear they are ready for their Friday, April 10 battle in Luzhnik Stadium, …
Read More »WBA Mourns Passing Of The Late Alberto Sarmiento
The WBA Family recently lost one of its most emblematic figures of the directorate. The Venezuelan engineer Alberto Sarmiento, who was the Treasurer, supervisor of fights and great friend of those who met him. The boxing world expressed its pain by Sarmiento’s passing, but his relatives and travel companions have …
Read More »WBA President Mendoza Visits WBC President Sulaiman In Mexico
The President of the World Boxing Association, Gilberto Mendoza, paid a cordial visit to his counterpart of the World Boxing Council, Mauricio Sulaiman, in his offices located in Mexico City. A few hours to share and talked about the work done in the recent KO Drugs, held in Tapachula, where …
Read More »Lebedev, Kalenga Reach WBA Purse Bids
The Denis Lebedev and Youri Kalenga teams reached an agreement, thus avoiding the Purse Bid summoned for March 17, 2015 in the World Boxing Association Headquarters in Panama. Both parties negotiated and the fight will take place on April 10 in Moscow, Russia, according to the information given. Lebedev, (26-2, …
Read More »WBA Mourns Passing Of Boxing Official Gonzalo Lopez Silvero
The World Boxing Association family regrets the death of Gonzalo Lopez Silvero, and sends its words of sympathy to his family and relatives and friends. Always loyal friend and ally of the WBA, Lopez Silvero was an example of communication, and sports narrator not only in his native Cuba, but …
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